"All Cried Out" | ||||
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Single by Alison Moyet | ||||
from the album Alf | ||||
Released | September 1984 | |||
Format | 7", 12" | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Writer(s) | Steve Jolley, Alison Moyet, Tony Swain | |||
Producer(s) | Jolley & Swain | |||
Alison Moyet singles chronology | ||||
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"All Cried Out" | ||||
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Single by No Angels | ||||
from the album Now ... Us! & When the Angels Swing |
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Released | 2 December 2002 | |||
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Recorded | 2002 | |||
Studio | Park Studios (Tutzing, Germany) |
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Length | 3:27 (pop version) 3:35 (swing version) |
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Writer(s) | Steve Jolley, Alison Moyet, Tony Swain | |||
No Angels singles chronology | ||||
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"All Cried Out" is a song by English singer-songwriter Alison Moyet. It was written by Moyet and producers Jolley & Swain for her debut studio album Alf (1984). Released as the album's second single in the autumn of 1984, the track peaked within the top ten on both the Irish and the UK Singles Chart, also reaching the top twenty in Switzerland.
In 2002, it was re-recorded and released as a single by German pop band No Angels for their album When the Angels Swing. In 2003, German electro-industrial act Wumpscut reworked the track on their 2003 studio album Preferential Legacy, while English singer-songwriter Fink released his version on the acoustic soul album Biscuits for Breakfast in 2006.
In the 6 October 1984 issue of Number One magazine, Paul Bursche reviewed the single, praising the song as following up "Love Resurrection" with "ease". He commented: "In no way am I the first to rave about this exquisite voice, nor, I suspect, shall I be the last. But I wouldn't let the voice distract me from the song. Alison Moyet not only has a great voice, she's also some songwriter."
In 2002, "All Cried Out" was re-recorded in two versions by German pop band No Angels. While a re-worked version with a contemporary pop edge was included on the re-release edition of the group's second album Now ... Us! (2002), a re-arranged big band-played version was released on the band's first swing album, When the Angels Swing (2002). Both versions feature different vocals and arrangements, with Sandy Mölling singing main adlibs on the Pop version and Nadja Benaissa on the Big Band version.